Posted by Peter Ceresole on September 14, 2009 at 11:37:37 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Or course posted by Adam Quinan on September 14, 2009 at 10:28:49:
I don't think that it is Ransome's writing, but an artefact of making scanned plates of worn type face pages so the "f" looks like an "r".
Yes, I'm sure you're right.
In my 1948 Cape edition, it's 'Of course', with no shadow of doubt.